$600 unemployment checks are about to stop. Congressional Republicans have put forward a stimulus plan. We’ll dig into the details. Guests Claudia Sahm, director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. (@Claudia_Sahm) Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics and public policy at Harvard University. Co-author of “This Time Is […]
Month: July 2020
Dive Brief: More banks are signing up for IBM’s financial services cloud collaboration with Bank of America, including French international banking group BNP Paribas, IBM announced Wednesday. MUFG Bank, the largest bank in Japan, is also exploring the financial services cloud deployment, though it’s not publicly stating its timeline, Hillery Hunter, […]
Chris Swift has been the CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:HIG) since 2014, and this article will examine the executive’s compensation with respect to the overall performance of the company. This analysis will also look to assess whether the CEO is appropriately paid, considering recent earnings growth […]
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the total amount of credit products currently in hardship programs. Just over 7% of auto and personal loans are in some type of financial hardship program as of June, while 6.79% of mortgages and 3.57% of credit card accounts are in some […]
What you need to know before writing the final check to your personal loan. (iStock) Personal loans are the fastest-growing type of consumer debt. They can be an effective way to consolidate other forms of debt or to pay for an unplanned expense, like pricey home improvements or a car […]
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLORIDA – JULY 16: Carlos Ponce joins other demonstrators participating in a protest … [+] to support the continuation of unemployment benefits. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Getty Images As Congress scrambles to pass another COVID-19 relief bill, it must decide how best to put money into the […]
CLOSE American Electric Power maintains its headquarters in Downtown Columbus. (Photo: Fred Squillante/Columbus Dispatch) A dark money group wholly funded by House Bill 6 beneficiary and Columbus utility giant American Electric Power contributed $350,000 toward the campaigns now at the center of a racketeering and bribery case that ensnared House Speaker […]
By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses have reported their fastest upturn in five years and shoppers pushed their spending back to near pre-lockdown levels, a survey and data published on Friday showed. An early flash reading of the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index […]